gubbah

[ guhb-uh ]

/ ˈgʌb ə /

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noun Australian.

a white person.

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Also gub

[guhb]. /gʌb/.

Origin of gubbah

<Australian Pidgin English, representing government man

How to use gubbah in a sentence

And every time I mistype gub for gun, I want to go back and watch this again.
Woody Allen’s Best & Worst Movies: ‘Annie Hall’ ‘Match Point’ & More (Video)|Malcolm Jones|July 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mars'r, hadn't Brudder Rhett better gub out the hymn before the service commence?
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 1|Robert H. Newell
"All in the newspapers to-morrow, gub'nor," said Earl Maudlin, who evidently enjoyed the confusion and despair of his companion.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852|Various
Besides in the above stories, this trait is also found in those belonging to other classes: see De Gub., Sto.
Italian Popular Tales|Thomas Frederick Crane

He answered to the name of Gub, and his master to that of Jimmy Stirks.
When Life Was Young|C. A. Stephens